Happy Birthday Dad

We would like to welcome "Olive" to our bike family.

If you have been reading my blog for awhile now...you will be happy to see this. Time for a little recycling!!

Now Dad... time to get that bike put together so we can get back out on the trails!!

My science project is due today. I had a lot of fun putting together the back board. Hopefully, my teacher likes it!!

New Year...New Sponsors

The first new one is ...let me give your a hint. Who has the most awesome cycling clothes, ever??? That's right, TWIN SIX!! After talking to Mark (my new favorite person), he has agreed to put me on Team TWIN SIX. Yes, I get to wear that crazy Metal Jersey... hopefully it arrives before the Alafia 6 hour. I remember wearing my first T6 shirt (Santa on a Bike) when I was in the 2nd grade...And now, the shirts finally fit me and I wear them every day. www.twinsix.com/

The second sponsor is Squirt Lube. This is what I know so far about Squirt. It's a new wax chain lubricant and lots of Pros swear by it. Check them out for yourself. Sammy from Feedback Sports will be sending me a case so I can give it a try. Kind of like another science project. I know what you are thinking, what am I going to do with a whole case, right?? I was wondering the same thing myself. I will bring some to the Alafia race, so if you are interested in giving it a try just let me know. www.squirtlube.com/

I think it's going to be a great racing year...And I'm very excited about my 2 new sponsors.

Here's some more pictures of the 6 hour...Thanks Christie and Catherine!

6 Hours El Lagarto

Just like last time, we started off the race in the sack.

My goal going into the race was 6 laps. On the 1st lap, I thought I was keeping a really good pace, feeling strong...until I went to take a drink and ended up flipping over the bars. That hurt!! I thought I broke my hand. Even with doing my little flip, I think I still made pretty good time on the 1st and 2ND laps. On laps 3-5, I slowed my pace down adding about 15 minutes a lap. I do have to say thank you to my Mom. Although she can be very annoying when it comes to nutrition, she made sure that I had plenty of liquids and solid food in my system prior and during the race. No bonking this time!! By the 5 th lap, I was starting to feel it. But, with a personal goal of 6, I was not going to quit. On the 6th lap, my Dad and I most definitely took our time, we even stopped to check out the alligators.

1st lap

Here's my Dad and I coming in after our 6Th lap. I'm pretty sure we were the last ones to cross the finish line. We made it though, 45.6 miles and 6 hours and 3 minutes later.

FEELING THE PAIN!!

I placed 3rd in 15 and under boys

Science Project

Late Saturday afternoon, we headed over to Alafia to work on my science project. I'm doing my experiment on tire pressure. I picked the climb (before the 3 big drops) on Bridges to work on my experiment....my goal was to find out how critical tire pressure is when climbing challenging terrain. The experiment was a success, now I have to write up a report and put together a cool display board.

Next weekend, Lakeland race...Can't wait!!

My Trip To Tennessee

Let me start off by saying how awesome our cabin was. It had tons of video games, a pool table, and lots of other stuff to do.

I know I look like a dork, but hey I haven't seen snow since I was a year old....and of course I don't remember that.

Do you like my Dad's itty bitty snowman??

Out of everything, I have to say that we had the most fun hiking. The scenery was breathtaking, you certainly don't see stuff like that in Florida! ...And the most amazing thing for me was seeing a bear on the trail while hiking up to Laurel Falls. It was a little scary, but also super cool!! Aren't they supposed to be sleeping????

We decided to leave a couple hours early because of the weather. This is what is looked like at 8:00 in the morning. The roads were like a big ice skating rink. My Dad slid through a red light because he could not stop. Then, we slowed it down to 20 mph on the interstate and we were still sliding around. Finally, about 2 1/2 hours away from Galinburg

the roads started to get better. Happy to be home after a long 13 1/2 hour drive.